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Fanny Fischer

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Fanny Fischer

Fanny Fischer in 2007.
Medal record
Women'scanoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing K-4 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Duisburg K-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2007 Duisburg K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Dartmouth K-1 4 x 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2006 Szeged K-2 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2009 Dartmouth K-2 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2009 Dartmouth K-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2010 Poznań K-4 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Zagreb K-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Szeged K-2 500 m

Fanny Fischer(born 7 September 1986 inPotsdam) is a Germancanoe sprinterwho has been competing since 1996 and on the senior circuit since 2006.[1][2]She won a gold in the women's K-4 500 m event at the2008 Summer Olympicsin Beijing[3]and finished fourth in theK-2 500 m eventat those same games.[4][5]

At theICF Canoe Sprint World Championships,Fischer has won nine medals with three golds (K-1 4 × 200 m:2009,K-2 200 m:2007,K-2 500 m: 2007), four silvers (K-2 200 m:2006,2009; K-2 500 m: 2009), K-4 500 m:2010,and two bronzes (K-2 500 m:2005,2006).[6][7][8][9]

Fischer served as the main pundit for publicly owned television channelDas Ersteduring their coverage of thecanoeing events at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

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Fischer's mother,Sarina Hülsenbeck-Fischer, won a gold medal in women'sswimming at the 1980 Summer Olympicsin Moscow, earning it in the4 × 100 m freestyle relay(anchor leg). Hülsenbeck competed in the qualifying round of thewomen's 4 × 100 m medley relay,but not in the final.[10][11]Her father,Frank,won nineICF Canoe Sprint World Championshipsmedals in the early 1980s.[6][10]Her aunt,Birgit Fischer,won twelve medals incanoeing at the Summer Olympicsbetween 1980 and 2004.[10] When not competing, she serves in theBundeswehras a soldier. Fischer's brother, Falco, is also acanoer.[1]

References

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  1. ^abWebsite biography.Archived19 July 2011 at theWayback Machine– accessed 22 August 2008.
  2. ^Yahoo! profile.– accessed 22 August 2008.
  3. ^Yahoo! August 22, 2008 women's flatwater K-4 500 m final results.– accessed 23 August 2008.
  4. ^Yahoo! August 23, 2008 women's flatwater K-2 500m final results.– accessed 23 August 2008
  5. ^Sports-reference.com profile
  6. ^ab"Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint).CanoeICF.com.International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 "(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 5 January 2010.Retrieved8 April2023.
  7. ^"Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines.CanoeICF.com.International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 "(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 5 January 2010.Retrieved2 April2024.
  8. ^"2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships official website".Archived fromthe originalon 5 December 2007.Retrieved4 November2018.
  9. ^Canoe09.ca profileArchived14 December 2009 at theWayback Machine
  10. ^abcYahoo! August 19, 2008 article on Fanny Fischer's relationship to her aunt Birgit.– accessed 22 August 2008.
  11. ^Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Swimming (Women)". InThe Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition.London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 996, 1000.
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